Singaporeans Are Getting Tough
On Disruptive Cell Phone Calls

SINGAPORE -- Last December, Gerald Khor took a stand: He turned around at a cinema and asked a man yakking loudly on a mobile phone to turn it off or take it outside.

Such direct confrontation is almost unheard of in this orderly state. And what followed was just as unusual. The offending conversationalist waited outside the theater with his pals after the movie ended and beat up Mr. Khor.